send existing root email to another user

Hi all,
I'm running Centos 5.4
I have a pile of emails in my root users /var/spool/mail/root file
I need to send this all to another address (preferrably external but
local would possibly do)
I have searched a lot but can't find any way to do this. I have set it
so future emails get forwarded to my external address but I also need to
shift the existing emails.
Thanks
Kate

Re: send existing root email to another user

Mathew S. McCarrell wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Lists <lists@...
> <mailto:lists@...>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running Centos 5.4
> I have a pile of emails in my root users /var/spool/mail/root file
> I need to send this all to another address (preferrably external but
> local would possibly do)
>
> I have searched a lot but can't find any way to do this. I have set it
> so future emails get forwarded to my external address but I also
> need to
> shift the existing emails.
>
>
> Kate,
>
> You need to modify /etc/aliases to have something like:
>
> root: user@... <mailto:user@...>
>
>
> You should then run /usr/bin/newaliases to make these changes active||.
>
> Matt
Hi Matt,
I have done this and it works for new mail arriving but I need to onsend
the existing mail.
Thanks
Kate

Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
attachments still intact?

Re: send existing root email to another user

On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 16:09 +1300, Lists wrote:
> Mathew S. McCarrell wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Lists <lists@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Kate,
> > >
> > > You need to modify /etc/aliases to have something like:
> > >
> >
> > > root: user@... <mailto:user@...>
> > >
> > >
> > > You should then run /usr/bin/newaliases to make these
> > changes active||.
> > >
> > > Matt
> >
> > Hi Matt,
> >
> > I have done this and it works for new mail arriving but I
> > need to onsend
> > the existing mail.
> >
> > Ah, I misread what you were looking to do. You should be able to do
> > the following then.
> >
> > cat /var/spool/mail/root | mail -s "Old Root Emails" user@...
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> > Matt
> >
> Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
> that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
> Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
> attachments still intact?
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secure shell copy (scp) the file over to whatever computer you want and
open the file with Thunderbird or Evolution (I think Import mail) as it
is an 'mbox' file. You can google how to open an mbox file with whatever
e-mail program you use for e-mail (but probably not outlook).
Craig
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